Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90
Devanagari script
न स्मरामि त्वया प्रोक्तं कदाचिद्वि कृतं वचः । रहस्यपि विशालाक्षि किमु भोजनसंसदि
Transliteration
na smarāmi tvayā proktaṃ kadācidvi kṛtaṃ vacaḥ | rahasyapi viśālākṣi kimu bhojanasaṃsadi
Translation
“我不记得你曾说过一句粗厉或不当之言；即便在私下里亦不曾，明眸大眼者——更何况在众人同席用餐之时。”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
स्मरामिI remember
स्मरामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार; परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्रोक्तम्spoken
प्रोक्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+वच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वचः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
कदाचित्ever
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनिश्चित-कालवाचक (indefinite temporal adverb)
विapart/especially (as prefix)
वि:
Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक (preverb/particle), ‘विशेषेण’
कृतम्done; made
कृतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वचः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण — ‘done/made (harsh)’
वचःword/speech
वचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
रहसिin private
रहसि:
Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: ‘even/also’)
विशाल-अक्षिO large-eyed one
विशाल-अक्षि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘large-eyed’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन
किमुhow much more then
किमु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् + उ (अव्यय-निपात)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्न/अधिक्यसूचक निपात (‘how much more/what then’)
भोजन-संसदिin the dining hall/assembly
भोजन-संसदि:
Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक) + संसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘in the dining assembly’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
Anarta-adhipati (the king; husband of Damayantī, lamenting)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king speaks softly through tears, recalling the queen’s calm, dignified presence in both private chambers and public dining assemblies.
Characters & Entities
D
DamayantīFAQs
Right speech is dharma: purity of words in private and public is presented as a hallmark of virtue.
The verse occurs within the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context, though it praises conduct rather than the site directly.
None; the emphasis is on ethical discipline (sad-vṛtta) in speech.